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norskArtikler, rapporter og annet (samfunnsmedisin): Recent submissions
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Pre-diagnostic copper and zinc biomarkers and colorectal cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed; Preprint; Manuskript, 2017-07-01)Adequate intake of copper and zinc, two essential micronutrients, are important for antioxidant functions. Their imbalance may have implications for development of diseases like colorectal cancer (CRC), where oxidative stress is thought to be etiologically involved. As evidence from prospective epidemiologic studies is lacking, we conducted a case-control study nested within the European Prospective ... -
Succeeding with prolonged usage ofconsumer-based activity trackers in clinicalstudies: a mixed methods approach
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-27)<i>Background</i> - Lack of physical activity (PA) is a risk factor for death and non-communicable disease. Despite this, more than one fourth of adults worldwide do not follow PA guidelines. As part of a feasibility study to test a complex intervention for increasing PA, we included a consumer-based activity tracker (AT) as a tool to measure PA outcomes and to track heart rate during exercise ... -
From rural to urban living – migration from Sami core areas to cities in Norway. Study design and sample characteristics
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-21)The Indigenous Sami population have inhabited rural northern areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia for thousands of years. Today, many Sami live in cities. No large quantitative studies have investigated the health and life of urban Sami in Norway. As a basis for further research, this paper describes the background, methods, participation and sample characteristics of ... -
Adverse events in deceased hospitalised cancer patients as a measure of quality and safety in end-of-life cancer care
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-01)<i>Background</i> - Anticancer treatment exposes patients to negative consequences such as increased toxicity and decreased quality of life, and there are clear guidelines recommending limiting use of aggressive anticancer treatments for patients near end of life. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between anticancer treatment given during the last 30 days of life and adverse ... -
‘Fixing my life’: young people’s everyday efforts towards recovery from persistent bodily complaints
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-23)Little is known about the perspectives of young people suffering from medically unexplained symptoms. This study aims to explore the experiences and strategies of young Norwegians related to incipient and persistent health complaints affecting everyday life functioning. The study draws on field notes, video material and interview transcripts from a multi-sited ethnographic study of healthcare services ... -
Managing chronic illnesses with remote patient monitoring in primary health care
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2020-03)Remote patient monitoring (RPM) allows for the real-time transmission of health data, evaluation of this data, and appropriate follow-up. This allows providers to monitor the health status of chronically ill patients and quickly adjust treatment regimes, without requiring that patients continually visit providers’ offices.<p><p> We summarized systematic reviews of a specific type of RPM that the ... -
Privacy-preserving architecture for providing feedback to clinicians on their clinical performance
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-22)<i>Background</i> - Learning from routine healthcare data is important for the improvement of the quality of care. Providing feedback on clinicians’ performance in comparison to their peers has been shown to be more efficient for quality improvements. However, the current methods for providing feedback do not fully address the privacy concerns of stakeholders.<p><p> <i>Methods</i> - The paper ... -
A Probabilistic Bag-to-Class Approach to Multiple-Instance Learning
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-26)Multi-instance (MI) learning is a branch of machine learning, where each object (bag) consists of multiple feature vectors (instances)—for example, an image consisting of multiple patches and their corresponding feature vectors. In MI classification, each bag in the training set has a class label, but the instances are unlabeled. The instances are most commonly regarded as a set of points in a ... -
The Northern Norway mother-and-child contaminant cohort study: implementation, population characteristics and summary of dietary findings
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012-05-28)<p><i>Objectives.</i> To describe the essential features of a new Northern Norway mother-and-child contaminant cohort study called MISA, including its rationale, content, implementation and selected findings (mostly dietary). <p><i>Study design. </i>Cross-sectional with longitudinal aspects. <p><i>Methods.</i> Five hundred and fifteen eligible women were enrolled in early pregnancy, with 391 ... -
Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-09-12)<p><i>BACKGROUND: </i> The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are grounded in the global ambition of "leaving no one behind". Understanding today's gains and gaps for the health-related SDGs is essential for decision makers as they aim to improve the health of populations. As part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016), we measured 37 of the 50 ... -
Physical exercise and chronic pain in university students
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-26)<i>Background</i> - Physical inactivity and chronic pain are both major public health concerns worldwide. Although the health benefits of regular physical exercise are well-documented, few large epidemiological studies have investigated the association between specific domains of physical exercise and chronic pain in young adults. We sought to investigate the association between frequency, intensity ... -
Lifetime ultraviolet radiation exposure and DNA methylation in blood leukocytes: The Norwegian Women and Cancer Study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2020-03-11)Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure is a leading cause of skin cancers and an ubiquitous environmental exposure. However, the molecular mechanisms relating UVR exposure to melanoma is not fully understood. We aimed to investigate if lifetime UVR exposure could be robustly associated to DNA methylation (DNAm). We assessed DNAm in whole blood in three data sets (n = 183, 191, and 125) from the Norwegian ... -
Periodontal health in an indigenous Sámi population in Northern Norway: A cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-10)<i>Background</i> - The aim of the study was to describe prevalence, severity and distribution of periodontal disease as well as associated risk factors in an indigenous Sámi population in Northern Norway, and to investigate differences between the indigenous Sámi and the non-Sámi population.<p><p> <i>Methods</i> - This cross-sectional study included data from the Dental Health in the North study ... -
Quality of family planning counseling in Ethiopia: Trends and determinants of information received by female modern contraceptive users, evidence from national survey data, (2014- 2018)
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-10)<p><i>Background - </i>Family planning counseling is critical for women to make informed reproductive and sexual health decisions. Despite Ethiopia's success in expanding access to family planning services, information on the quality of family planning counseling is limited. The objectives of this study were to assess whether the quality of counseling from the female client´s perspective has changed ... -
Pharmacological management of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors (blood pressure and lipids) following diagnosis of myocardial infarction, stroke and diabetes: Comparison between population-based studies in Russia and Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-19)<i>Background</i> - Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is substantially higher in Russia than in neighbouring Norway. We aimed to compare blood pressure- and lipid-lowering medication use and proportion meeting treatment targets between general population samples in the two countries in those with CVD and diabetes.<p><p> <i>Methods</i> - The study population was adults aged 40–69 years reporting ... -
Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health in the Border Areas of Euro-Arctic Barents Region: A Review of 30-Year Russian–Norwegian Research Collaboration Outcomes
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-30)This year marks 30 years of close collaboration between a consortium of institutions, namely, the Northwest Public Health Research Center, Saint-Petersburg (NWPHRC); the Institute of Community Medicine (ICM) of UiT (The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø); the National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), Oslo; the University Hospital of Northern Norway (UNN) at Tromsø; and McMaster University ... -
Uncontrolled and apparent treatment-resistant hypertension: a cross-sectional study of Russian and Norwegian 40–69 year olds
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-13)<i>Background</i> - Uncontrolled hypertension is a major cardiovascular risk factor. We examined uncontrolled hypertension and differences in treatment regimens between a high-risk country, Russia, and low-risk Norway to gain better understanding of the underlying factors.<p><p> <i>Methods</i> - Population-based survey data on 40–69 year olds with hypertension defined as taking antihypertensives ... -
Relationships between metabolic markers and obesity measures in two populations that differ in stature - The SAMINOR Study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-03)<i>Background</i> - The relationships between metabolic markers and obesity measures may differ by ethnicity, sex, and height. Questions have been posed whether these relationships differ by ethnicity in the population in Northern Norway, but this has not been explored yet.<p><p> <i>Objectives</i> - Investigate the relationships between metabolic markers and obesity measures in Sami and non‐Sami ... -
Associations between utilization rates and patients’ health: a study of spine surgery and patient-reported outcomes (EQ-5D and ODI)
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-22)<i>Background</i> - A vast body of literature has documented regional variations in healthcare utilization rates. The extent to which such variations are “unwarranted” critically depends on whether there are corresponding variations in patients’ needs. Using a unique medical registry, the current paper investigated any associations between utilization rates and patients’ needs, as measured by two ... -
Coronary heart disease and stroke in the Sami and non-Sami populations in rural Northern and Mid Norway - the SAMINOR Study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-12)<i>Background</i> - Previous studies have suggested that Sami have a similar risk of myocardial infarction and a possible higher risk of stroke compared with non-Sami living in the same geographical area.<p><p> <i>Design</i> - Participants in the SAMINOR 1 Survey (2003–2004) aged 30 and 36–79 years were followed to the 31 December 2016 for observation of fatal or non-fatal events of acute ...
